Star Bulk Carriers takes delivery of three bulk carrriersStar Bulk Carriers took delivery of two 209,000 dwt Newcastlemax bulk carriers built by Nantong COSCO KHI-Ship Engineering and a 61,000 dwt Ultramax bulk carrier built by Japan Marine United. Following these deliveries, Star Bulk owns seventy-two dry bulk vessels on the water. In addition, Star Bulk has twenty-two vessels currently under construction with expected deliveries in 2015 and 2016.

Pinnacle Financial expects growth to continue post Q3 mergerCompany said “We continue to believe our organic growth model will provide us the necessary volumes to maintain our track record of quarter-over-quarter revenue growth during what we hope to be a relatively short time period before the long-awaited rising rate environment. Ongoing organic growth will be the foundation of our business model in our targeted four Tennessee markets. The integration of CapitalMark and Magna are on track for a Q3 merger close. Both franchises are growing their revenue base currently, and we fully expect their growth to continue post-merger. We believe being able to grow a banking franchise in the midst of a merger is unusual and a testament to the quality of the personnel and leadership at both of these franchises.”